Forced to give up portfolios, Netanyahu set to appoint new ministers
(Worthy News) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to appoint three new cabinet ministers on Wednesday after being forced to drop all his ministerial posts due to the criminal charges against him.
According to Hebrew media reports late Tuesday, Netanyahu will name new ministers of welfare, agriculture, and diaspora affairs. Israeli cabinet ministers facing criminal indictment are required to resign from their cabinet posts, though no such explicit order is outlined in Israeli law for prime ministers.
Netanyahu promised the High Court of Justice that he would quit all positions except prime minister by the end of 2019. Due to a now-defunct, but not-yet-replaced coalition agreement from the 20th Knesset, one portfolio will go to a Shas lawmaker while the other two will go to Likud MKs. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]